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    Lone Star Diary
    Lone Star Rising
    Ebook series2 titles

    The Baby Diaries Series

    By Darlene Graham

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    About this series


    She longed for a baby

    Following years of heartbreaking miscarriages, Frankie McBride has left an unhappy marriage and returned home to Texas, where an unexpected attraction to Texas Ranger Luke Driscoll turns into an unexpected pregnancy.

    Luke's wife and child died six years ago, and while he has a reputation as a tough cop, he's wary of heartbreak. Frankie keeps her secret from Luke because she's certain she'll lose this baby, too and can't stand the thought of putting him through that pain again.

    As the weeks pass, Frankie is amazed to realize that she just might carry this baby to term. But now she knows she has to face Luke .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateJan 1, 1989
    Lone Star Diary
    Lone Star Rising

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    • 2

      Lone Star Rising
      Lone Star Rising

      Lone Star Rising

      Darlene Graham
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      Another man's baby After her husband is killed in a barn fire, Robbie McBride Tellchick is left alone to raise three boys and the baby on the way. With the fire still under investigation, she can't even depend on the insurance money. She can, however, depend on Zack Trueblood, a fire fighter who claims he wants to help Robbie through her pregnancy and beyond. It's well–known in the town of Five Points, Texas, that Zack's ambition is to be a landowner. His growing feelings for Robbie seem more than sincere, but she has to wonder what kind of man wants to raise someone else's child. Does he want the land she can no longer afford to keep? Or does he want Robbie?

      Another man's baby After her husband is killed in a barn fire, Robbie McBride Tellchick is left alone to raise three boys and the baby on the way. With the fire still under investigation, she can't even depend on the insurance money. She can, however, depend on Zack Trueblood, a fire fighter who claims he wants to help Robbie through her pregnancy and beyond. It's well–known in the town of Five Points, Texas, that Zack's ambition is to be a landowner. His growing feelings for Robbie seem more than sincere, but she has to wonder what kind of man wants to raise someone else's child. Does he want the land she can no longer afford to keep? Or does he want Robbie?

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      Lone Star Diary
      Lone Star Diary

      Lone Star Diary

      Darlene Graham
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      She longed for a baby Following years of heartbreaking miscarriages, Frankie McBride has left an unhappy marriage and returned home to Texas, where an unexpected attraction to Texas Ranger Luke Driscoll turns into an unexpected pregnancy. Luke's wife and child died six years ago, and while he has a reputation as a tough cop, he's wary of heartbreak. Frankie keeps her secret from Luke because she's certain she'll lose this baby, too and can't stand the thought of putting him through that pain again. As the weeks pass, Frankie is amazed to realize that she just might carry this baby to term. But now she knows she has to face Luke .

      She longed for a baby Following years of heartbreaking miscarriages, Frankie McBride has left an unhappy marriage and returned home to Texas, where an unexpected attraction to Texas Ranger Luke Driscoll turns into an unexpected pregnancy. Luke's wife and child died six years ago, and while he has a reputation as a tough cop, he's wary of heartbreak. Frankie keeps her secret from Luke because she's certain she'll lose this baby, too and can't stand the thought of putting him through that pain again. As the weeks pass, Frankie is amazed to realize that she just might carry this baby to term. But now she knows she has to face Luke .

    Author

    Darlene Graham

    Darlene Graham, who won the Oklahoma Writers' Federation prestigious Teepee Award for Best Fiction Book of 1999, says that having witnessed birth, death and "everything in between" helps her put realistic emotions into her novels. Graham practiced as a registered nurse in Labor and Delivery and then Oncology for 20 years before she decided to translate all that real-life drama into romantic suspense fiction. "Even though I write uplifting, even humorous romance," the mother of three says, "I'm also not afraid to deal with real issues, with real pain. I've been known to sit at my computer and shed a few tears while I write." Graham's first book, It Happened in Texas, was released as a Guaranteed Page Turner by Harlequin Superromance, and she says that since that book sold, her writing life has felt "like popcorn popping." "Something new and exciting happens almost every day." It Happened In Texas won third place in the Rising Star contest for Best First Book and has since been published in Japan, France, Switzerland and Belgium. The Pull Of The Moon, her book that won the Teepee Award, was also a finalist for the Golden Heart Award from Romance Writers of America. The novel features hero Matthew Creed, a firefighter dealing with the aftereffects of being a rescuer at the Murrah bombing in Oklahoma City. "I was privileged to serve as a volunteer at the Murrah building, and after seeing the rescuers up close, I knew I wanted to honor those real-life heroes with a story. The reader mail I've received about The Pull of the Moon has been very gratifying." Besides featuring realistic characters, Graham says she also loves to transport readers to vivid settings. For example, her Harlequin Superromance novel Under Montana Skies is set in the remote Kootenai National Forest, and This Child of Mine takes place in Alexandria, Virginia, and nearby Washington, D.C. "I made several trips to those places and immersed myself in order to get a strong sense of place. As a result, the stories just poured out." Graham says that she never runs out of material, and often gets her plot ideas by pure serendipity. Graham shares this story of dining with the governor's wife as an example of how new stories come to her. "After she and her daughter read The Pull of the Moon, the First Lady of Oklahoma invited me to the Governor's mansion for lunch. Mrs. Keating loves history, and while we were discussing a fascinating old church in Pawhuska, something she said sparked another suspense, set in the Osage Hills." Says Graham, "I feel like I'm just getting started and I don't think I'll ever get tired of writing. Writing is my dream. How many people get to actually live their dreams every single day? For me, there's no turning back."

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